• US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $104.9M net outflows on Tuesday, marking the first session of the week. • Total trading volume fell 80% to just over $3B, down from a record $14.7B on Feb. 5. • Jane Street became the second‑largest buyer of BlackRock’s IBIT, purchasing $276M in Q4. • Laurore, a little‑known Hong Kong entity, acquired $436.2M of IBIT in a single SEC filing. • The Laurore purchase may signal early Chinese institutional capital entering Bitcoin markets. • Brevan Howard cut IBIT holdings by 85%, while Weiss Asset Management added $107.5M. • 59 North Capital and Mubadala also increased positions, adding roughly $100M each to IBIT.
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- US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted $104.9 million in net outflows on Tuesday in the first trading session this week. Total trading volume in spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs fell to just over $3 billion, down nearly 80% from a record $14.7 billion on Feb. 5, reflecting a continued slowdown in trading activity, according to SoSoValue data. The outflows came as another round of institutions reported their Bitcoin ETF holdings for the fourth quarter of 2025, with Jane Street ranking as the second-largest buyer of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) in Q4, buying $276 million. Q4 also s
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